Literature through film : realism, magic, and the art of adaptation /
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| Author / Creator: | Stam, Robert, 1941- |
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| Imprint: | Malden, MA, USA : Blackwell Pub., 2005. |
| Description: | xvii, 388 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. |
| Language: | English |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/5544473 |
| Summary: | This lively and accessible textbook, written by an expert in film studies, provides a fascinating introduction to the process and art of literature-to-film adaptations.<br> <br> Provides a lively, rigorous, and clearly written account of key moments in the history of the novel from Don Quixote and Robinson Crusoe up to Lolita and One Hundred Years of Solitude <br> Includes diversity of topics and titles, such as Fielding, Nabokov, and Cervantes in adaptations by Welles, Kubrick, and the French New Wave<br> Emphasizes both the literary texts themselves and their varied transtextual film adaptations<br> Examines numerous literary trends - from the self-conscious novel to magic realism - before exploring the cinematic impact of the movement<br> Reinvigorates the field of adaptation studies by examining it through the grid of contemporary theory<br> Brings novels and film adaptations into the age of multiculturalism, postcoloniality, and the Internet by reflecting on their contemporary relevance. |
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| Physical Description: | xvii, 388 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 140510287X 1405102888 |
